The conference, which is called "Modernizing the public sector and boosting economic growth through Innovation Procurement", is a high-level event that will address how EU policies could gain from working to enhance the demand side and what instruments are actually in the hand of policy maker and public sector to optimise the public spending and, at the same time, to stimulate additional private investments.

The event will also offer an opportunity to hear first-hand from front-runner actors (procurers, suppliers) and experts how they are supporting the implementation of Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI) and Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP).

The European Commission is more spesifically looking for people interested in participating actively in the parallel networking sessions on thematic areas on day 2 of the event. There are parallel sessions planned on healthcare, safety/security, energy, education, cloud computing, robotics, photonics broadband deployment, and other ICT.